Using HP cards/cables with Labview

[Najmeh]

I've just purchased Labview, but my card/cables are the ones I've had from previous years from HP (used with vee). I've called NI and one of their technical support staff told me that I should contact HP (agilent) for instructions on how to do that... Agilent tells me that I should speak to NI... so I'm kind of confused. Is there step-by-step instructions for doing something like that? I'm using "HP10833B" cables and "82341C ISA High-Performance GPIB Interface Card".
Thanks!

[mikeporter]

An interesting point might be who actually built the card you have. If I remember correctly, at one point HP was reselling cards manufactured by NI. A good first try might be to try NI's drivers for their cards from the same time period and see if they work.

More fundamentally though, does the current GPIB drivers still support the ISA cards?

Mike...

[Cyril]

Najmeh,

You can actually use LabVIEW and NI-VISA to communicate with your Agilent board. From the Agilent webpage for the board you are using:
http://we.home.agilent.com/cgi-bin/bvpub/agilent/Product/cp_Product.jsp?OID=536880377&NAV_ID=-12363.536880377.00&LANGUAGE_CODE=eng&COUNTRY_CODE=ZZ&JPID=/find/82341c

Go to the Library Key Information >>Faqs and click to on "How do I configure Agilent I/O cards and converters to work with the National Instruments software?" This will direct you to a readme file that contains the information you want.(I'm doing Agilent tech job...):
ftp://ftp.agilent.com/pub/mpusup/pc/binfiles/iop/m0101/readme/trouble/niinfo.htm#Agilent_HW_with_NI_SW

For info, our website contains also relevant information:
http://digital.ni.com/pub
lic.nsf/websearch/E56D3D4866BE0A8A86256942006626F0?OpenDocument

Regards,

Cyril Bouton
Applications Engineer
National Instruments